Word: ponzillo
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Died. Madalena Ponzillo, 61, mother of Opera Singers Rosa and Carmela Ponsellej of heart disease; in Meriden, Conn. Having refused to move into the mansion her successful daughters had built for her, she died in their little old home in Meriden's Italian quarter...
...Rosa Ponselle's penthouse apartment a pair of blue & gold portieres hang as souvenir of the second stage of her career. They are a part of the cyclorama used by the Ponzillo sisters (Carmela & Rosa) in vaudeville. Carmela had gone to New York ahead of Rosa, worked as a cloak model and sung in a cabaret. She and Rosa were engaged for their sister act when they had no money left, no clothes except their street suits. When they arrived at the theatre for their first turn, the manager protested about their clothes. They told a cock-&-bull story about...
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